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[Alex]

In MissionDefinitionAPI nebulae are currently added using a location and a radius. Is that converted to tiles under the hood, or is the tile system more along the lines of "there's a nebula somewhere within this square"?

It's converted to tiles under the hood, yeah. The location + radius methods do some randomization of the brightness (perlin noise, iirc? probably overkill if it is) etc when generating the tiles.

[Alex]

Added:
void setHasNebula(int cellX, int cellY, float brightness);

[Deathfly]

Could we have this methods to modify the center of shield in combat?

com.fs.starfarer.api.ShieldAPI

    void setCenterX(float X);

    void setCenterY(float Y);

[Histidine]

ShieldAPI.setCollisionClass(CollisionClass collisionClass)
ShieldAPI.getCollisionClass()

(as in yeah, it could be handy if a shield could have a different collision class from the ship having it)

[Snrasha]

We have multiple method in combat for nebula, we can have for campaign? Thank

com.fs.starfarer.api.fleet.FleetMemberAPI

         boolean isInsideNebula();
         boolean isAffectedByNebula();
         void  setAffectedByNebula(boolean affectedByNebula);
         void setInsideNebula(boolean isInsideNebula);

This is maybe not correctly method because we have, except if i have wrong, two levels of nebula, normal and hard nebula where hard , you lose very more burnlevel. So maybe:

        boolean isAffectedByNebula(); =>  int isAffectedByNebula(); who give 0,1 or 2. (0 , you are not affected, 1, normal effect and 2, this is hard effect)
        void  setAffectedByNebula(boolean affectedByNebula); => void  setAffectedByNebula(int affectedByNebula);   (Same thing for int value)

This method can be usefull for qew too rare thing, i think, so i can understand why you refuse. (After, maybe for a better IA, for later... actually who can go inside without problems because he have not need fuel or supplies[Just for very very very big fleet, because pirates fleets, this is a protected area for them])

[Deathfly]

In some cases we realy needs to make armor regen.

ShipAPI.syncWithArmorGridState();
ShipAPI.syncWeaponDecalsWithArmorDamage();

[hqz]

Could ShipAPI extend AssignmentTargetAPI? I might be doing something wrong but it seems like it would be convenient to use ships as assignment targets directly. Especially since the ShipAPI already has all the required method AFAICT (through the CombatEntityAPI interface).

http://fractalsoftworks.com/starfarer.api/com/fs/starfarer/api/combat/ShipAPI.html
http://fractalsoftworks.com/starfarer.api/com/fs/starfarer/api/combat/AssignmentTargetAPI.html

[Zaphide]

Could ShipAPI extend AssignmentTargetAPI? I might be doing something wrong but it seems like it would be convenient to use ships as assignment targets directly. Especially since the ShipAPI already has all the required method AFAICT (through the CombatEntityAPI interface).

http://fractalsoftworks.com/starfarer.api/com/fs/starfarer/api/combat/ShipAPI.html
http://fractalsoftworks.com/starfarer.api/com/fs/starfarer/api/combat/AssignmentTargetAPI.html

You can do this with a DeployedFleetMemberAPI object if you explicit cast it, but I can't remember if it works with ShipAPI or FleetMemberAPI:

Code

// Get combat fleet manager for the deployed ship's fleet side
CombatFleetManagerAPI combatFleetManagerAPI = Global.getCombatEngine().getFleetManager(shipAPI.getOwner());

// Create an escort assignment on the deployed ship
CombatFleetManagerAPI.AssignmentInfo assignmentInfo = combatFleetManagerAPI.getTaskManager(false).createAssignment(CombatAssignmentType.LIGHT_ESCORT, (AssignmentTargetAPI)this.getDeployedFleetMemberAPI(shipAPI), false);

// Give the escort assigned to another ship
combatFleetManagerAPI.getTaskManager(false).giveAssignment(this.getDeployedFleetMemberAPI(otherShipAPI), assignmentInfo, false);

Supporting code (I think a duplicate of this might exist in LazyLib):

Code

private DeployedFleetMemberAPI getDeployedFleetMemberAPI(ShipAPI shipAPI) {

        CombatFleetManagerAPI fm = Global.getCombatEngine().getFleetManager(shipAPI.getOriginalOwner());
        return fm.getDeployedFleetMember(shipAPI);
    }

[xenoargh]

I'd like:

DestroyEntity(CombatEntityAPI entity)

Where:

1.  Whatever it has its hitpoints set to zero, does whatever death animations it's supposed to, etc.
2.  If a ShipAPI, it's destroyed immediately and is removed, not converted into a Hulk (even this frame).
3.  Its "I'm dead" flag (or equivalent) is set.

This would replace some workaround methods I've had to use to get the same things done, like moving ships I need destroyed immediately thousands of SUs off the battlefield, etc.

[isaacssv552]

I'd like to be able to modify stats access through WeaponAPI.getStat. For example, (with Weapon as an instance of WeaponAPI.) weapon.getRange.modifyPercent(id, 10f); doesn't work.

[Morrokain]

Briefly checked and didn't see this and think it could be useful:

method: FleetMemberAPI.getPlayerHullAccess(CAPITAL, false);

Sorry if any syntax errors I'm still learning basic programming, but the idea here is a method to access what hull types the player has access to and returns a boolean shutting them on/off from purchasing or acquiring that ship type.

I'd like it to be accessible to skills so you can put sill points to unlock access to hull classes. It provides another way to limit player ship progression with a variable other than credits and reputation (the latter is a lighter limit anyway since right now you can theoretically board enemy ships).

[Histidine]

List<Float> WeaponAPI.getHardpointAngleOffsets()
List<Float[]> WeaponAPI.getHardpointOffsets()
and corresponding methods for turrets.

enum WeaponAPI.getBarrelMode()

[Nick XR]

ShipAPI.getShipAI() returns a Ship.ShipAIWrapper object which isn't available in the API so there's nothing that can really be done with the wrapper (like getting at a custom AI inside the wrapper)

Perhaps either make the ShipAIWrapper class public in the API or have the ShipsAPI.getShipAI return the actual AI

[Wyvern]

It's already in the initial post, but I'd like to second the requests for setLocation() methods on ShipEngineAPI and WeaponAPI; I'm looking to do some semi-fancy things with moving parts, and it'd be much lighter-weight to use decorative weapons than decorative station-style modules.  (...Though now that I think about it, I'm assuming I can make those move relative to the base hull, aren't I?)

[Morrokain]

Honestly surprised its not in there considering there is getAmmoBonus(), but after a double check I could use:

Code

com.fs.starfarer.api.combat.MutableShipStatsAPI.getMissileAmmoRegenBonus();

and

Code

com.fs.starfarer.api.combat.MutableShipStatsAPI.getEnergyAmmoRegenBonus();

Need these for a built-in hullmod for my fighters to lessen the strike capabilities of their weapons.